Thread: How I make fiberglass upholstery panels for strange shapes.

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This may seem very obvious, but it is a critical step in the process. Anything which may interfere with the new upholstery panel should be bolted into place and checked for interferance.---In this case, you can see that a sharp ridge in the aluminum tape profile, where it transitions down to the back of the cockpit is pressing against the back of my newly upholstered seat. In some cases, the form which was just made to hold the aluminum tape profile would be modified now to correct the problem. In my case, since that ridge is formed by one of the wooden slats that can not be easily changed, I will go ahead and form the panel in fiberglass,then modify the final fiberglass form before I upholster it.